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Two African middle school students say they were bullied, beaten and called "Ebola" at the school they attend in New York Cit, according to NBC New York. The boys, 11 and 13, were born in American and raised in Senegal, and for that their peers began shunning them once news of the Ebola virus spread. The boys' father said for the past two weeks other students wouldn't let them play or use gym equipment and if the boys tried the other students would say they had Ebola. Weeks of taunting reached its peak when the boys were beaten Friday and had to be hospitalized. The African Advisory Council, which advocates for Africans in the Bronx, is now calling on I.S. 318...

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Two African middle school students say they were bullied, beaten and called "Ebola" at the school they attend in New York Cit, according to NBC New York.
The boys, 11 and 13, were born in American and raised in Senegal, and for that their...

It's not a usual function of city government, but Orlando launched a campaign Thursday that aims to teach both kids and adults how to stop bullying.The "Stand Up Orlando" campaign attempts to combat bullying on several fronts, starting with...

"Do not tell on bullies" and "don't be a sore loser" were some pieces of advice featured in a flier sent home with elementary school students at Zeman Elementary School in Nebraska.
The flier lists nine "rules" for dealing...

TALLAHASSEE – Florida’s anti-bullying law could be extended beyond the boundaries of schools to online forums under a proposal sparked by a Polk County cyber-bullying case that drew a national media spotlight.
Florida already requires public schools to...

Former Governor Charlie Crist is helping Rebecca Sedwick's mother explore her legal options after the 12-year-old jumped to her death because of cyberbullying.
Rebecca's mother, Tricia Norman, hired the prominent Morgan & Morgan law firm in her quest...

Rebecca Sedwick had been terrorized for more than a year by girls who used to be her friends, Polk County authorities say.
She tried to get away, but Rebecca couldn't escape their hateful words relayed across social media: "You should die,"...

WINTER HAVEN — For more than a year, Rebecca Ann Sedwick's bullies tormented the girl by calling her ugly and urging her to drink bleach and die.
The harassment didn't stop — even after Rebecca's parents moved the 12-year-old Lakeland girl to a different...

A day after Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced the arrest of two girls in the Rebecca Ann Sedwick suicide he appeared on the national television morning shows warning parents of the dangers of cyberbulling.
He also vowed to prosecute anyone –...

The mother of a girl accused of tormenting a Polk County 12-year-old in a high-profile cyber bullying-suicide case is now accused of beating up kids in a separate incident – an accusation Sheriff Grady Judd says demonstrates her poor parenting skills.
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The mother of Rebecca Ann Sedwick, the 12-year-old Lakeland girl who killed herself last month after relentless bullying, has hired the prominent Morgan & Morgan law firm in her quest for justice.
Tricia Norman has retained attorney David Henry,...

Jose Baez, the Florida lawyer who became a household name after defending Casey Anthony, is now representing the 12-year-old girl accused of bullying Rebecca Ann Sedwick for over a year before her suicide.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd last week...

A Florida A&M University alumnus and student journalists at the college have launched an independent website devoted to collecting reports of hazing past and present on "their beloved campus" — an effort that they say has elicited at least...

It's 7 p.m. on Aug. 22, 2011. A thunderstorm is passing through Tallahassee as 350 members of the Florida A&M University Marching 100 assemble for the first time inside the school's cavernous band-rehearsal hall.
The students are seated in a...

The title character of Broadway musical"Billy Elliot"is a young British boy who takes ballet lessons in secret, fearful of what friends and family might think.The Broadway touring production of the show, with music by Elton John, opens Tuesday...

One of Jerry Sandusky's alleged victims in the Penn State football scandal withdrew from high school in the middle of his senior year because the 17-year-old was being bullied reports Sara Ganim of The Patriot-News.

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Last year, when he asked his then-principal at a private school whether he...

Three upstate New York high school students were charged Tuesday in the alleged bullying of a special needs classmate that was recorded and posted on social media. The boys, all under 16, were charged with misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare...

Montana legislators on Wednesday considered whether to join every other state in the nation in putting anti-bullying policy into law.
A bill introduced by Rep. Kimberly Dudik, a Missoula Democrat, in the Montana House Education Committee would...